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Iraqi doctor's fight with virus lays bare a battered system

Dr. Marwa al-Khafaji’s homecoming after 20 days in a hospital isolation ward was met by spite. Someone had barricaded her family home’s gate with a concrete block. The message from the neighbors was clear: She had survived coronavirus, but the stigma surrounding the disease would be a...

Erdogan attacks opposition mayors over virus aid

On the Turkish capital's bridges and bus stops, Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas urges wealthier residents to help poorer citizens during the coronavirus pandemic by paying off their debts to grocers. "Kindness is more contagious than disease," the advert proclaims, showing a large black book with...

Global coronavirus deaths surpass 300,000: study

More than 300,000 people have died from the coronavirus globally, according to data compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University on Thursday. The running tally counted 300,074 deaths, while the number of cases and recoveries stand at 4,405,019 and 1,573,765, respectively. The US is the...